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Showing 1 to 20 of 2644 for “"Retrospective"”.
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Retrospective Policy Gradient
… importance weighting estimator and introduce the Retrospective Policy Gradient (RPG), a PG algorithm that integrates both past and current trajectories for policy updates. Our implementation builds upon standard RL frameworks and supports both linear and deep neural network policies. We evaluate …
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Michael Collins and the Nationalist Retrospective
There will be three chapters in this thesis. The first two will compare and contrast how six different biographers treat their subject Michael Collins and the surrounding political context in which he worked. This thesis is not concerned with the quality of the research in the books. It merely …
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Mobile retrospective : shrinking the digital divide
The concept of the digital divide is a condition in the urban context where informationalization via computer technology exacerbates a duality that consists of those who have access to information technologies, and those who do not. The resultant outcome is a marginalized community left behind - a …
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Memory and Judgment Bias in Retrospective Evaluations
… summary assessments about past experiences. Retrospective evaluations seem based on specific moments within the to-be-assessed episode (e.g., Fredrickson & Kahneman, 1993; Hogarth & Einhorn, 1992). Here, drawing on some of the parallelisms between memory phenomena and judgment and decision …
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Parametric Resampling Methods for Retrospective Changepoint Analysis
Changepoint analysis is a useful tool in environmental statistics in that it provides a methodology for threshold detection and modeling processes subject to periodic changes in the underlying model due to anthropogenic effects or natural phenomena. Several applications of changepoint analysis are …
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Towards low dose retrospective dosimetry on shelled species
… calcified tissues of shelled species for retrospective dosimetry using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. To determine applicable samples for low dose studies, shells of crustacean and mollusc species were irradiated to 10 Gy using a 137Cs source. Reference dosimetry was …
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The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Strike: A Retrospective Analysis
<p>The purpose of this study was to assess the opinions, beliefs, and perspectives of former air traffic controllers who were terminated from employment with the Federal Aviation Administration for participating in the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike of 1981. The …
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Being Pregnant and Using Drugs: A Retrospective Phenomenological Inquiry
Qualitative methodology was employed to conduct a phenomenological inquiry describing the structure of the experience of being pregnant and using drugs. The purpose of the study was to explore the nature of women's experience and perception of the interaction, relationship, and intersection of …
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Retrospective Practice Histories of Expert and Novice Baseball Pitchers
… The purpose of this study was to compare the retrospective practice histories of expert and novice baseball pitchers. Eleven minor league pitchers (experts) and ten players who pitched in high school, but did not pitch in college (novices) served as participants. All participants were …
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Aspects of fecal incontinence: prospective and retrospective clinical studies
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_232173311.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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A retrospective analysis of the prescribing patterns of isotretinoin
… sector of South Africa. A quantitative, retrospective drug utilisation review was performed to evaluate the prescribing patterns and cost of isotretinoin containing products claimed through a pharmacy benefit management organisation, over the study period of 2005 and 2006. Data were …
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Effect of Therapeutic Listening®: A Retrospective Data Analysis
… to generate further data, a multiple case study retrospective analysis was performed on clinical data from expert-level clinicians. The study aimed to map common skills targeted by therapists using TL®, document trends in change, examine current trends in evaluation, intervention, and …
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Retrospective chart review of surgical patients and chronic pain
… the multifaceted nature of CPSP by creating a retrospective chart review of surgical patients to understand standard demographics, preexisting health conditions, and surgical factors that may increase the incidence of CPSP. METHODS: This study focused on exploring the incidence of CPSP in two …
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Retrospective review of women diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency
… of 11 months (June 2016 to May 2017). It was a retrospective folder review of women diagnosed with POI from 1983 to date. Ethics approval was granted by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences of UCT [HREC REF:315/2016] and further permission to access patient …
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Retrospective review of radical cystectomies at GSH 1993-2007
The objective of the thesis was to look at the epidemiology of patients needing this procedure, clinical presentation and investigation, pathology, complications related to the procedure, adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment, and survival.
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Concurrent versus retrospective verbal protocol for comparing window usability
… which may avoid these problems is heavily cued retrospective verbal protocol in which the user is presented subsequently with a representation (a video tape, for example) which helps him recall his thoughts during the task without interfering with task completion. This research compared the …
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Supporting Low-Income Students: A Retrospective Study of Positive Practices
Few studies have been conducted that examine the successful strategies educators use to promote the success of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds within a Canadian context. The purpose of this qualitative study is to describe the support provided by retired educators to assist …
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